On The Tortious Liability Of The Internet Content Provider

The development of network is to facilitate the communication between people.While enjoying the convenience of what network brings, people also face theharm—network tort. In real life, network tort happens now and then. Privacy,defamation, copyright, property etc. would be the object of network tort. The act ofnetwork tort can be triggered by network users as well as network content serviceprovider. Clearly define the tort liability of the network content provider can not onlyeffectively safeguard the legitimate rights and interests of network tort victims andnetwork content provider, but also contributes to the sound development of the Internet.The thesis discourses the tort liability of network content provider.Chapter one is introductory part. Based on the profound changes of people’slifestyle provided by the fast development of the Internet industry, this chapter analyzesthe importance of tort liability of the network content provider and briefly introducesthe basic thoughts and writing methods of the thesis.Chapter two discourses the generation of the network content provider and its tortliability. By defining the concept of network content provider, this chapter finds out thetort features of network content provider and analyzes its generation and reason.Chapter three focuses on the tort liability of network content provider. This partfirst defines the tort liability of network content provider. Then by analyzing the fourelements, it confirms the filing of tort act of network content provider. At last, it probesinto the duty principle of the Chinese relevant legislation on network content provider’stort liability.Chapter four compares the legislation of network content provider’s tort liability athome and abroad and analyzes the advantages and limitations the Chinese legislation soas to do foreshadowing for following suggestions.Chapter five discusses the deficiencies of tort liability system of network contentprovider in detail and proposes several well-directed suggestions from multi-dimension,such as legislation and codes of practice.